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Guides for crypto founders to form US LLCs onchain, get an EIN without an SSN, open US banking, and build or invest in Web3 from anywhere.
You do not need a 40-tab spreadsheet. You need a calm post-formation ops checklist: documents, operating agreement, banking pack, address, payments and renewals.
You do not need a pile of separate companies to compartmentalise projects. You need to understand what a series LLC actually separates, and what paperwork keeps that separation real.
You do not need every payment rail on day one. You need the right invoice instructions for US clients, foreign clients and urgent closes.
You do not need Coinbase to form a US LLC. You may need a business exchange account when the company itself must trade, convert or hold crypto under KYB.
You do not need an LEI to form a US LLC. You may need one when a broker, exchange or payment partner asks who your legal entity is on the global register.
You do not need a single hot wallet pretending to be the company. Here is how a US LLC ties multisig signers to the operating agreement in 2026.
You do not need a custom chain stack to get paid in stablecoins. Here is how a US LLC chooses processors, wallets, records and refunds in 2026.
You do not have an Amazon nationality problem. You have a seller identity pack Amazon cannot verify on video. Here is the non-resident path for 2026.
You do not have a Shopify nationality problem. You have payout and address rules that reject costume HQs. Here is the non-resident path for 2026.
You do not have a PayPal nationality problem. You have a business identity pack PayPal cannot match. Here is the non-resident path for 2026.
You do not have an App Store nationality problem. You have an organisation enrollment pack Apple cannot verify. Here is the non-resident path for 2026.
You do not have a mysterious nine-digit problem. You have counterparties that underwrite companies through Dun & Bradstreet. Here is the path for 2026.
